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February 5, 2015 by Alex Johannigman
Sometimes when you promise God you’ll serve him and live a life of radical love, he gives you the opportunity to do so at the most inopportune times. Even so, the experiences are so amazing that it’s hard to regret living totally for him.
Category: Homelessness, Personal Stories
| Tags: Catholicism, generosity, homeless outreach, Matthew 25, personal stories, Poverty, sacrificial love, trusting God
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September 30, 2014 by Alex Johannigman
The greatest disease in the West, according to Mother Teresa, has little to do with not having enough bread to eat, and everything to do with not having a loving community to eat it with. But what can we do to cure what afflicts our culture?
Category: Culture, Friendship
| Tags: Catholicism, Community, Despair, loneliness, Mother Teresa, Poverty, The Upper Class, Wealth, Worldly Living
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June 21, 2014 by Alex Johannigman
Dear “All That Catholic Jazz” fans, I want to thank you all once again for helping to support my missionary …
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Category: Christ in the City, Homelessness
| Tags: Chile, Christ in the City, homeless, homelessness, Missionary, missionary work, Poverty, Santiago
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June 12, 2014 by Alex Johannigman
If you’re a living, breathing human being dwelling in a decent-sized city, you’ve probably encountered a number of people on street …
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Category: Culture, Homelessness
| Tags: culture of encounter, culture of exclusion, Father Woody, giving money to the poor, homeless, homeless outreach, homelessness, Msgr Charles Woodrich, Pope Francis, Poverty
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September 13, 2013 by Alex Johannigman
“Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do …
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Category: Christ in the City, Holiness
| Tags: Christ, Christ in the City, Galatians, Gospel of Matthew, homeless, homelessness, Jesus Christ, Least of these, Poverty, service
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August 25, 2013 by Alex Johannigman
I made it! Today is my first day in Denver working with Christ in the City. So far I haven’t …
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Category: Christ in the City
| Tags: Christ in the City, Denver, Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa, New Experiences, Poverty, Seton House, St Elizabeth Ann Seton
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August 10, 2013 by Alex Johannigman
7/19, Machu Picchu Wow, today was an eventful day! We started with yet another early morning, leaving the hostel before …
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Category: Personal Stories, World Youth Day
| Tags: Comunita Cenacolo, Humility, joy, love, Machu Picchu, Missionaries, Orphanage, Orphans, Peru, pilgrimage, Poverty, Rio, Sun Gate, World Youth Day
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